Province aims to extend rent freeze to end of 2021 SHARE ON: Pexels Stock Image Renters facing evictions or rent hikes at the end of the month will get another reprieve from the provincial government. The province intends to pass legislation extending the freeze on rent hikes in B.C. to the end of the year. The changes will also cap future rent increases to inflation, stop illegal renovictions, and, the province says, “make the dispute resolution process better for tenants and landlords.” “The changes mean no more tenants will face eviction notices for phoney renovations that were never going to happen,” said Spencer Chandra Herbert, MLA for Vancouver West-End, on behalf of David Eby, Attorney General and Minister Responsible for Housing.